Five Little Monkey’s Wash the Car is a universal app from Oceanhouse Media is the tale of our favorite little monkey’s and a “rickety, rattletrap wreck of a car” which is constantly breaking down. Mama decides she’s ready to sell the car “cheap” while the monkey’s decide to clean up the car for sale. The monkey’s decide that they should wash the car and scrub and wash and paint until it is sparkling clean. Unfortunately, the monkey’s make a bad decision while trying to increase visibility for the sale sign and the car ends up in the swamp. The monkey’s get lucky and are able to sell the car to some crocodiles. The app features “read it to me”, “autoplay” and “read it to myself” mode which allows your child to interact with the story in a variety of ways.

We really liked how creative the monkey’s were in cleaning the car up and coming up with a solution for covering up the rust with the beautiful drawings. We also liked touching the various objects, headlights, monkey’s, soap, scrubbing action and the like to hear the words aloud. It is interesting to see how the monkey’s come out of their “scrape” and in the end get an even better car for the family.

I wish the app allowed children to actually scrub or do the various actions in the book via animation. That would be a great addition and bring another level of interaction into the app.

This app is perfect for pre-readers, early readers and young grade school children who enjoy reading by themselves. The narration and auto-play methods help the youngest readers enjoy the book, while older readers can read the book to themselves while enjoying the antics of the five little monkey’s.

Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later.Cost: $2.99 (15.3MB)Please use our App Store button above if you decide to buy this app. It doesn’t cost any extra and a small portion of the cost goes to support the work we do here at The iMums!

Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later.Cost: $2.99 (15.3MB)Please use our App Store button above if you decide to buy this app. It doesn’t cost any extra and a small portion of the cost goes to support the work we do here at The iMums!

We have five promo codes for this app to give away and if you would like to win it, just complete the simple steps listed below. Apart from the mandatory entry, you can complete any or all of the options but be sure to leave a separate comment for each step you completed. Each comment is counted as an entry (subject to verification).

Step 1. In the comments below, {Did you ever have to wash the car as a chore when you were a child? Did you have interesting experiences in doing so?}. (Mandatory – 1 Entry)

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• This giveaway will close at 7 Australian EST on 5/20/2012.
• Winners will be picked randomly and must contact The iMums within 48 hours of the announcement to claim their prize.
• This giveaway is open to everyone, worldwide and an iTunes account is required to claim the prize.
• Please only enter if you intend on using the app or giving it to someone who will use it. Good luck!

Alison, the American iMum is from Massachusetts. She lives there with her two sons and husband. In their spare time, they enjoy playing outside, enjoying nature and of course testing apps and fantastic products on their devices. My older son loves technology and loves testing out the “latest and newest” apps and tech. I love sharing information about apps and products with others to help them make decisions without feeling overwhelmed with all of the choices.

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Valerie
on May 21, 2012 at 1:19 pm

I never washed a car until my first serious boyfriend who washed his car religiously at least once a week. Then it was fun!

Washing our parents cars was never a chore, we were offered to be paid a couple dollars if we washed it, and any loose change that we found we could keep, that motivated my brother and i to always want to wash the cars!

Sheila N.
on May 17, 2012 at 1:18 am

We didn’t have to wash the car as a chore….just for fun 🙂 No really interesting experiences that I remember.

Nicole payne
on May 16, 2012 at 9:36 pm

Washing the car was not a mandatory chore for my sister and I, it was an optional extra for more pocket money. Every time without fail we’d end up throwing sponges at each other and getting soaked!

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MJ
on May 16, 2012 at 9:33 pm

We had to wash and wax the boat! I guess Dad either cared more about the boat than he did the car. We would rub the red part with baby oil to make it shine.

I only remember washing the car as a teenager. A group of girl friends and I would spend the day washing cars and marveling at the job we had done. We (my husband and I) wash our cars by hand now and that is something I hope to continue so our children can have the memory! I think kiddos enjoy washing cars…probably because of all the suds the soap makes! =)

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